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60-Seconds-Per-Episode Soap Operas Have Come To TikTok
"The biggest player in this new genre is ReelShort, an app that offers melodramatic content in minute-long, vertically shot episodes and is hoping to...
Sotheby’s Is Cleared Of Defrauding Art-Collecting Oligarch
"Sotheby’s was cleared Tuesday in Manhattan federal court of claims that they helped Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier defraud Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, in...
Chita Rivera, 91
"With her raven hair, lithe frame and smoky voice, Ms. Rivera cut a mesmerizing Broadway figure for more than six decades, her name synonymous...
The Rehabilitation Of Caspar David Friedrich, Standard-Bearer Of German Romantic Painting
"When (he) died in poverty in 1840, he was almost forgotten by the contemporary art world. As his 250th birthday approaches, his reputation is...
“Shattered Glass” At 20
"In deference to this milestone, the film’s enduring appeal in J-school classrooms, and its rent-free existence in the backs of reporters’ minds, Poynter spoke...
“Deep YouTube,” The Billions (Yes, Billions) Of Videos Most People Will Never See
"The viral videos and popular conspiracy theorists are, of course, important. But the reality is that the number and perhaps even importance of those...
Inside The Crumbling Condé Nast
"The shuffling and reshuffling has reached the point where Condé is now spitting out the people who were brought in to replace the prior...
Publisher Marc Jaffe, Who Pioneered The Paperback Book Market As We Know It, Is...
"(As) editorial director of Bantam Books, … he oversaw a boom in paperback publishing beginning in the 1960s, putting out hitmakers from The Catcher...
In War-Battered Kyiv, Playwrights Turn Toward Comedy
"In a studio theatre tucked into a courtyard behind Kyiv’s main Khreshchatyk Street, six playwrights and six directors were hammering out a fraught question:...
L.A. Opera Cancels World Premiere Of Mason Bates’s “Kavalier And Clay”
"The Los Angeles Opera has scrapped plans for the world premiere of Mason Bates's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay this fall because...
N. Scott Momaday, Dean Of Native American Novelists, Has Died At 89
"An author, literature professor and member of the Kiowa Indian tribe who became the first Native American to win a Pulitzer Prize — for...
Planned Strike At English National Opera “Suspended”
The Musicians' Union and Equity, which represents the company's chorus, put a hold on the planned strike after Equity announced that it has reached...
After Three Months, The Strike At The Pompidou Center Is Over
"Pompidou workers went on strike in mid-October over concerns for job security while the center closes for renovations for five years, starting in 2025....
Dan Wagoner, Performer And Choreographer At The Center Of Midcentury Modern Dance, Has Died...
"A child of small-town Appalachia for whom the idea of going to New York City was like 'going to the moon,' he … danced...
Readership Of Print Magazines In US Appears To Be Growing (!)
"(While) 80%+ of 100+ national magazines have lower readership than they did a decade ago, over the past two years, nearly 90% of those...
Neil Patrick Harris Is Turning “Tick, Tick … Boom!” From A Chamber Piece Into...
Jonathan Larson conceived the show as a monologue, with himself at the keyboard playing all the roles. After he died suddenly in 1996 and...
Death Sentence For Arsonist Who Burned Down Kyoto Anime Studio, Killing 36
"The Kyoto District Court found defendant Shinji Aoba mentally capable to face punishment for his crimes and announced the sentence … on Thursday. Aoba...
A Major Audio Producer Is Testing AI To Translate Its Podcasts
"By the end of March, iHeartMedia plans to debut between five and ten podcasts, originally created in English, translated into new languages including Spanish,...
They Won’t Admit It, But British Cultural Institutions Are Accepting Sackler Family Money Again
Over the last five years, many arts organizations in the US and UK stopped accepting the (previously generous) donations of the Sackler family because...
Dallas Looks To Restart Its Stalled Culture Pass Program
"Culture Pass Dallas was created by the Office of Arts and Culture and the Dallas Public Library in 2019. Six months after launching, the...
Victoria & Albert And British Museums To Loan Looted Asante Gold And Silver To...
"Under the (three-year) deal, 17 objects from the V&A and 15 from the British Museum will go on show later this year at the...
For The Second Year In A Row, The Met Opera Draws Tens Of Millions...
Last season, amid rising costs and still-lagging ticket sales and donations, the Met took $30 million from its endowment to cover its expenses; this...
Boston Symphony Extends Andris Nelsons’s Contract Indefinitely, Announces New Initiatives
In addition to giving its music director an automatically renewing contract, the BSO has appointed Carlos Simon to its composer chair (a new position...
Missing For A Century, Klimt Portrait Has Been Rediscovered
"Portrait of Fräulein Lieser belonged to a Jewish family in Austria and was last seen in public in 1925. Its fate after that is...
“Am I The Literary Assh*le?” New LitHub Column Takes A Page From Reddit
Kristen Arnett, the new advice columnist: "Before we dig in, it’s important that I point out the obvious here: generally speaking, I don’t ever...